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What Pseudowords Can Tell Us About the Words in Your Head

How would you pronounce the word DRICHE? Maybe it sounds like dritch, rhyming with itch. Or, maybe more like drysh. Or maybe you hear something else entirely! Of course, DRICHE is not a real English word. With that in mind, it raises the question: how did you come up with an answer? That question is one reason researchers are so interested…

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